innocuous

英 [ɪˈnɒkjuəs]

美 [ɪˈnɑːkjuəs]

adj. 无恶意的; 无意冒犯的; 无害的; 无危险的

GRE 医学

Collins.1 / BNC.14051 / COCA.14079

牛津词典

adj.

无恶意的；无意冒犯的
not intended to offend or upset anyone
1. It seemed a perfectly innocuous remark.
  那像是一句毫无恶意的话。
无害的；无危险的
not harmful or dangerous
1. an innocuous substance
  无害物质

柯林斯词典

ADJ-GRADED 无害的;无冒犯之意的
Something that isinnocuousis not at all harmful or offensive.
1. Both mushrooms look innocuous but are in fact deadly...
  这两种蘑菇看起来似乎都无害,实际上却是致命的。
2. Even seemingly innocuous words are offensive in certain contexts.
  甚至看似毫无恶意的言辞在某些语境下都会引起冒犯。

英英释义

adj

lacking intent or capacity to injure
1. an innocent prank
Synonym:innocent
not injurious to physical or mental health
not causing disapproval
1. it was an innocuous remark
2. confined himself to innocuous generalities
3. unobjectionable behavior
Synonym:unobjectionable

双语例句

It looks like innocuous steam, but it actually smells.
它看来无害，但是有臭味。
I don't understand how such an innocuous children's book could cause such an uproar.
我不明白为何这本对儿童无害的书竟会引起如此的骚动。
OBJECTIVE To explore the innocuous management of waste disposable medical articles.
目的探讨一次性医疗用品用后处理无害化管理的方法。
To publicly flog Lee for that relatively innocuous sentence in his book seems a bit much.
就因为李开复书中这一句无伤大雅的话就公开对他大加抨击，似乎有些过分了。
At its most innocuous, it's just an annoyance, spawning unwanted advertising.
它最无害的一面是，它只是一种骚扰，制造不受欢迎的广告。
It must not be supposed that the fall in prices thus analysed is innocuous.
我们决不能假设这样分析出来的价格下降是无害的。
Depending on the nature of the pollutant, this transfer can be innocuous or stimulatory to the forest.
根据污染物的性质，这种转移对森林可能是无害的，还可能有促进作用。
According to this interpretation, mirror therapy works by replacing noxious memories with innocuous ones.
基于这个解释，镜像实验的原理应该是用无害的记忆替换了有害的记忆。
In many cases, the search is innocuous, done to find someone's contact information.
大多数情况下，搜索引擎无伤大雅，目的只是为了找到某个人的联系信息。
Something as innocuous as a cotton swap can bend one of the delicate electrical pins.
用一些象棉线圈般无害的东西，来弯曲成一个精美的电别针。